Two public interest litigants, who had approached a trial court seeking to oppose the withdrawal of prosecution against actor Mohanlal in the illegal ivory possession case, have the right to intervene in the case, ordered the Kerala High Court.
The single judge of the High Court also set aside the order of the Judicial First Class Magistrate court-3, Perumbavoor, which had earlier dismissed the intervention petitions filed by A. A. Poulose of Ernakulam and James Mathew of Pathanamthitta.
The Assistant Public Prosecutor had moved a petition before the magistrate court to withdraw the criminal proceedings against the actor by stating that continuing the case would be a waste of the court’s time and a futile exercise.
